Calum Henderson

4 weeks ago | thespinoff.co.nz | Calum Henderson

The biggest event on the New Zealand Scrabble calendar brings players of all ages and experience levels together over three days this King’s Birthday weekend. Day one – Saturday (stream starts 9am)Click here for live results and standings. What’s all this then? Nationals is the biggest tournament on the New Zealand Scrabble calendar – this year 69 players are competing over 24 rounds across three days. This is the 45th edition of the tournament, and the first one that’s being live streamed.

1 month ago | military-history.org | Calum Henderson

When William of Orange landed in Devon in 1688, he brought with him a force of some 40,000 men, carried by a huge fleet of 463 ships – three times the size of the Spanish Armada. The Dutch-born prince arrived with the intention of usurping a legitimate monarch – James II of England – but he did so at the behest of a powerful group of nobles. As a result, his invasion of England passed off so peacefully it became known as the ‘Glorious Revolution’.

1 month ago | military-history.org | Calum Henderson

The June/July 2025 issue of Military History Matters, the British military history magazine, is out now. The best way to access the magazine is to subscribe. Click here to find out more. To read the digital archive, click here. You can also access the magazine online (as well as exclusive extra content) at our new website, The Past. Graham Goodlad reviews the military career of William III, the king who gained the British throne in a bloodless coup but then had to fight to retain it.

2 months ago | thespinoff.co.nz | Calum Henderson

The top-rated Scrabble players in the country go head-to-head this Easter weekend. Watch games live from 9.30am on the stream below. How does it all work? The Masters is different to most Scrabble tournaments in that it’s invitational, open only to the top-rated players in the country.

2 months ago | thespinoff.co.nz | Calum Henderson

Does Three’s new true crime series about the trial that gripped the nation bring us any closer to knowing what happened to Pauline Hanna? We all have our vices, and for eight weeks in the winter of 2024 mine was ghoulishly mainlining coverage of the Philip Polkinghorne murder trial.